linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] dma-mapping: export dma_addressing

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Message-ID: <20231023060919.GB11907@lst.de>
Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2023 08:09:19 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Jia He <justin.he@....com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>, iommu@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nd@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] dma-mapping: export dma_addressing_limited()

On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 12:52:53PM +0000, Jia He wrote:
> This is a preparatory patch to move dma_addressing_limited so that it is
> exported instead of a new low-level helper.

So while this exports dma_addressing_limited that's really a side effect.
The primary thing is that it moves the function out of line.